We'll have to see if it does come down to it one day. I've been advised by a couple of sources that it is unclear. Furthering that, in this day and age, the fact that there is no EULA on the car's architecture lends no recourse. The parts of the chip that are altered are not the 'program' parts, but simply the reference parameters that control functions and it is highly arguable that these are actually 'tuning points' and not 'program code'. The only parameters in the latter section of the chip (about the last 4K worth are these parts. There is clear distinction between the program and these parameters as there is about a 2K block between the two of which nothing but return registers reside. The fact that it is now 13 years down the road and Nissan no longer produces the vehicle doesn't exactly lend them to think that doing this poses any threat to them. Its nothing new either..
